Charleston Swim League to Vote on Gender Segregating Swim Competitions

I swam competitively from 6 through college, then taught, coached, officiated or participated as a masters swimmer until I finally retired from competitive swimming for good at age 60.

Up until about age 8, boys and girls are fairly even in the water. From 10-12, girls actually show slightly better skills and have an edge as they gain coordination/control earlier than most boys. However, once testosterone enters the picture, it’s game over.

The current men’s 50 meter free, long course record time is 20.89, the women’s record is 22.83 – almost two seconds slower in a single length. The boy’s record (18 and under) is 21.71 – the girls is 23.66. The boy’s record holder beat the best girl in the world by almost two seconds and beats the best woman in the world by over a full second – in one length of the pool. In fact, the best female swimmer in the world, Katie Ledecky has a record 8.08 800 meter freestyle time in the 2020 world championships the male 18 and under time is 7.32.

Boys will have an advantage from puberty on. Any boy who “discovers their gender is female” after puberty will have an advantage and for every year after the onset of puberty, the advantage will multiply. Lia Thomas who still has male genitals was at best a mediocre male collegiate swimmer, by tucking their penis and growing their hair, Thomas managed to set records as “a woman swimmer”. They are 6’1 with the shoulders (73 inch wingspan) and lung capacity of a 6’1″ male competing against females who average about 5’4″ with a wingspan of 65 inches and have a reduced lung capacity (Katies Ledeckey is 6’0″ with a 73.5 inch wingspan)

Michal Phelps the greatest men’s swimmer is 6’4″ with a 6’7″ wingspan and size 14 feet. Those freakish dimensions are one of the keys to his success. His 800 time oddly is a slow 8.06 but he’s a short distance specialist with 28 Olympic medals and has set more than 29 world records, even after being retired for 10 years, he still co-holds 2 of those 39 records.